Truly, madly, deeply....

♥ Hello...

Have you had a good week?

Firstly, I have to say thank you so much 

for all the good wishes about my damaged finger 

which has now healed nicely and is back in full working order

Ooh, I have missed it sooooo much...

I've promised to show a lot more respect in the future!

~♥~

It's been a very busy week here, however
and I've managed to work quite a lot more on my quilt too

I'm madly in love with this project...
.It definitely did the job in taking my mind off 
the very sore finger over the last couple of weeks and keeping me occupied. 

Working with splinted finger in the air went quite well
once I had fully mastered my technique!

My quilty project is making me feel very happy indeed....
I think our lovely builders could have knocked everything down around me
and left me sitting at my machine still merrily sewing away!
I have sandwiched the layers together now and started quilting
~♥~
Rainy days..

Sadly, we've had nothing but rain here this week

and so I just had a chance between showers to run into the garden 

with my mannequin and throw my quilt top over it to take the pics above.

(During our builders lunch hour of course, just in case they thought I was

 a completely crazy lady carrying my mannequin around the garden!)
Of course, it started to rain again within minutes...
Where is it all coming from?...And so windy too!

~♥~

Next week I'll be back to my knitting again ...

I have so missed my lovely needles and yarns!

My apologies for the lack of pics today everyone
due to all the comings and goings around me here. 
There is simply nowhere in the house at this moment to take any 
and it is just so wet outside even when the rain ceases to fall.
Lovely daughters are back from uni with all their belongings too...
Yes, happy chaos everywhere!
Anyway, now that we have supposedly moved into
Summer, I've put together this little collage above of my favourite memories 
of Spring here on my blog ..all lovely memories.
Oh my, I really can't believe that we are now half way through the year, can you?
Autumn will be upon us before we know it, I'm sure!
~♥~

Lastly, before I leave you,
 I must say a big thank you to Victoria of
Tangled Sweetpea
for my very beautiful Giveaway treats...
such a wonderful parcel of goodness to open!
Thank you Victoria x
...and you can find the lovely Tangled Sweetpea blog  here
I will be taking a photo to share as soon as we have peace
again around here and I can do my lovely gifts some justice....
Oh yes, I am missing my space!
~♥~
Take care everyone
Hope you have a lovely weekend
Back soon

Patchwork....

♥ Lots of patching going on this week...
including my finger friends, which I was unfortunate to slice
while changing the blade on my rotary cutter!

I had planned to work on my latest knitting pattern,
 which would be evenly interspersed with a few sewing breaks along the way...
but knitting is definitely out for the moment due to my wonky left index finger...
Oh my, I didn't realise just how much I need it!

♥ Love..
All is not lost though, as I have been able to carefully guide
 my lovely patchwork squares through my sewing machine 
(with damaged finger in the air of course!)
and so this is how I have ended up spending my week..
Happy sewing rows upon rows of patchwork together...
listening to the radio and watching one or two classic old films...
I am really loving this project!!

You may remember a while ago that lovely Deborah from
♥ Simply Miss Luella
was so kind to send me a charm pack full of scrumptious fabrics
It was definitely love at first sight and I have been thinking of
possible projects ever since.....
Well, I have now added 3 further charm packs plus a little extra darker fabric
for a few stars as I've decided to make a scrappy, vintage style quilt.

♥ A sprinkling of stars...

 These fabrics have a lovely Boho look to them...really lovely
and second daughter definitely has her eye on it!
Why,she has even joined in on the sewing machine...a true sight to behold indeed!
The world really is full of surprises....

Monday, we had a call from our builders to say that they would be 

arriving Wednesday morning to start demolishing my workroom

(which I must add is then going to be rebuilt!)

and so I am reduced to working in a corner of our kitchen

(and having no end of entertainment listening to our lovely builders

who are working just outside the kitchen doors!)

♥ In the post....
Yesterday, I received a lovely package from Julie of
KC'sCourt
I opened it to find some wonderful copies of 
Julie's little vintage embroidery books
(a very happy swap for me in exchange for knitting patterns)
and my parcel also included an extra surprise...a copy of 
'The Stork Wartime Cookery Book' 
They are such treasures and I'm going to enjoy putting my feet up and
having a good read over the weekend.....
These ladies certainly knew their stuff, didn't they?
Thank you Julie x

And finally...
The yarn that I was trying out in this pic for the MJT patterns
has been added here to the yarn page
'Debbie Bliss Eco Baby'
Beautifully soft and shabby, unmercerised cotton
in lots of pretty colours...perfect for clothing
~♥~
Ah well, that's about everything from me today everyone...
Take care and keep those fingers safe!
If you live in our corner of the world maybe we all need to do a sun dance?
~♥~
Thank you so much as always
for calling by...